Garment hanger



Nav. 15, 1932. Q MQLNER 1,888,137

GARMENT HANGER Filed Nov. 4, 1931 Har/:g 0. mixer l INVENTOR ATTO RN EYPatented Nov. 15, 1932 UNITED STATES HARRY C. MOLNER, F PITCAIRN,PENNSYLVANIA GARMENT HANGER Application led November 4, 1931.

This invention relates to garment hangers and its general object is toprovide a hanger that is primarily designed for womens wearing apparelof a silky and flimsy nature which generally will not stay upon a hangerof the usual construction, as such garments will fall therefrom, but myhanger includes clamping means that will securely hold any type ofgarment thereon, the clamping means being l@ operable in an easy andconvenient manner whereby a garment can be readily associated andremoved with respect to the hanger, with very little effort.

A further object of the invention is to provide a garment hanger of thecharacter set forth that is simple in construction, inexpensive tomanufacture and extremely efficient in operation and service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing andspecifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of the garment hanger which forms the subjectmatter of the present invention and illustrates the clamping means inclamping engagement with a garment in full lines and in open position indotted lines.

Figure 2 is a top plan view.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 3-3 of Figure2.

Figure 4 is an end view of one of the secm tions of my garment hanger.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 5-5 of Figure2.

Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be noted that my garmenthanger is made up of a pair of cooperating sections, one of which isindicated by the reference numeral 1 and includes a stationary arm 2 andan enlarged portion 3 formed with said arm.

The enlarged portion of the section l is provided with grooves 4 for thepurpose of ac- Serial No. 572,932.l

commodating tongues 5 that are secured to or formed with the enlargedportion 3"'of thesection 6. The tongues are secured in the grooves inany well known manner, and the enlarged portions are provided withrecesses 7v which cooperate to form a chamber for the purposev ofaccommodating a trigger member 8 that includes a shank movable in thereduced portion of the chamber, and formed with the bottom of the shankis a lug 9 that is movable in the bottom of the chamber as bestV shownin Figure 3. The upper end of the shank has formed therewith a fin.- gerpiece 10 for a purpose which will be presently apparent and extendingthrough the trigger member is the shank 11 of a hook 12 that` has thelower endl of its, shank fixed in the bottom of the enlarged portions 3and 3. VEach of the enlarged portions is provided with borescommunicating with the cham-i701 ber and mounted for movement withinthese bores are the reduced inner ends of the movable arms 13 of theclampingA means. `These arms are pivotally secured to the enlargedportions through the instrumentality of pivot pins 14 and each of themovable arms 13 have secured thereto one of the ends of leaf springs 15while the opposite end of the springs are engageable with a boss 16, for

normally urging the movable arms in closed 30.

position as shown in full lines in Figure 1.r

The extreme inner ends of the movable arms 13 normally engage the lug 9as shown in Figure 3, with the result it will be apparent that when thetrigger member 8 is moved 3,5 downwardly through the instrumentalityy ofthe finger piece 10, the lug 9 will rock the movable arms on theirpivots, which will result in moving the arms to their open positions asshown in dotted lines in Figure 1. The stationary arm of the enlargedportion 3 is indicated by the reference numeral 17 and it will be notedthat these stationary arms and the movable arms terminate at their outerends in alignment with each other and the confronting faces thereof areflat and have secured thereto strips of felt 18 or like soft material soas to prevent damage to a garment. The strips of felt likewise set up agripping action so that casual removal of a garment from my hanger ispractically impossible.

It is brought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of my invention Will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the constructionand in the com'- bination and arrangement of the several parts, providedthat such changes fall Within the scope of the appended claims.

Vhat I claim is: c

l. A garment hanger comprising stationar arms, enlarged portions formedWith said 'arms and being provided With a chamf ber communicating Withbores extending through the enlarged portions, movable arms CooperatingWith the stationary arms and having reducedends mountedl for pivotalmovement in said bores, spring means for normally holding said movablearms in closed position, a trigger member mounted for movement in saidchamber and engageable with the movable arms for disposing the latter inopen position and strips of resilient material between the confrontingfaces of the arms.

2. A garment hanger comprising stationary arms, enlarged portions formedWith said arms and being provided With a chamber communicating Withbores extending through the enlarged portions, one of said enlargedportions being provided with grooves, tongues extending from the otherenlarged portion Iand received in said grooves for securing the arms andenlarged portions together, suspending means having connection With saidarms and extending through the chamber, movable arms cooper- 'ating Withthe stationary arms and having ends mountedfor pivotal movement in saidbores, spring means for normally holding said movable arms in closedposition, and a trigger member mounted for movement on said suspendingmember and in said chamber and being engageable with the movable armsfor disposing the latter in open position.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

` HARRY C. MOLNER.

